Lucknow is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh and this city is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous division and district. Having a population of 2.8 million as per the 2011 census.
In 1528 It became important and it was captured by Bābur the first Mughal ruler of India. Under Akbar, his grandson, the city became part of Oudh province, and Asaf al-Dawlah, who became nawab of Oudh in 1775 transferred his capital from Faizabad to Lucknow. In 1857 When the Indian Mutiny broke out, Sir Henry Lawrence, the British commissioner, and the European inhabitants of Lucknow were besieged for several months until rescued by British troops The British then abandoned the city until the following year and they regained control over India. This city’s buildings show different styles of architecture with the many beautiful buildings built during the Mughal and British eras More than half of these buildings lie in the old part of the city and The Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department organizes a “Heritage Walk” for tourists covering the popular monuments and among the extant architecture, there are religious buildings such as Imambaras, mosques.
